. >> let's talk about your campaign with katie kouscouric? okay. >> reporter: she talks about pressure to do the interview with katie couric. >> if you thought it was a good interview, i don't know what a bad interview is because i knew it was a bad interview. >> reporter: wallace tells nbc news it is just fabricated. i never saw her took a note, nor she never contacted me for any fact checking, nor did anyone on her behalf. mccain's told aides not to fire back hoping not to escalate the growing feud. >> i'm proud of the campaign we ran. i'm proud of sarah palin and we continue to have a great and wonderful relationship. >> reporter: if palin's book has a campaign villain, it is john mccain's top strategist, steve schmidt. she accuses his team of trying to glamourize her daughter bristol's teen pregnancy. palin writes, "if they weren't going to let me speak my heart an mind even about an intimate issue affecting my own family, what would they let me speak to?" but when palin confronted schmidt, she writes, he replied cooley, "just stick with